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Life is full of surprises, some of them good, and I am still glowing from a recent one, which occurred just after I submitted 'Ebba and Flow.' Out of the blue, or internet, arrived a message from an apparently antipodean woman, who had been sampling my stories, and was proposing we might 'meet' during her forthcoming sojourn in the UK. With the directness with which her compatriots are credited she attached images of herself, fore and aft. Naked. The pics took my breath away, and I spent a happy half-hour zooming.
I was astonished at first that she should have chosen me, but her message explained that her stay would be short, and she didn't want to waste time seeking someone to answer her permanent. need for immediate gratification. Besides, I was post-menopausal, so fit for purpose without possible delay. She herself, aged 53, was also beyond the bleeding. Such pragmatism didn't offend me, especially given the opportunity on offer
She was trusting me not to publish her photos, so I must resort to description, pending later responses to the realities. She is versed in art-history, so I wasn't surprised, but was amused, by her reference to the images. It said, 'I hope the attached will help to Ingresiate me with you.' I was reminded of my own past dealings in (erotic) art, which she was obviously familiar with. There is a painting by Ingres called 'La Source' ('The Spring'), depicting a naked young woman with a water-pot on her left shoulder, and my correspondent had adopted the same posture, but bearing a surf-board in place of the jar. There was also a cryptic remark that I should have my own surf-board to hand.
The Ingres girl's nakedness is actually anti-erotic, since her breasts are pubescently asexual and she is pussyless. The 24 Carat, Force 12 sexuality of the emailed images has all the more impact, as I hope to indicate.
The most obvious feature of the face-on photo was her bush of fiery red hair - her thatch, because it was a huge mass of fine, tightly curling interwoven filaments. Beneath it was a wedge-shaped face, broad of forehead, tapering to a pointed chin. The complexion was smooth, honey-coloured, much freckled. Her age was indicated in the deep crow's feet beside the enormous, dark-green eyes. Her dark orangey-pink mouth was tilted a little to one side in a grin. As for her other burning bush, it was short but abundant and shaped in a crescent, with the horns pointing up either side in the groin. In colour it was a little darker - marmalade. And zooming in enabled me to peer through the thicket and study the upper reaches of her, also orangey-pink, labia, and marvel at the jutting spur parting them at the apex.
Not deep-bosomed, but the breasts full and firm, utterly adult, with areolas exactly matching the labia in colour, with nipples erect and long. And the rear view?
The shoulders slope down into a narrow waist, and from it there swells out a bottom to rival, even surpass that of Alex, from earlier stories. Muscle, with a thin layer of cushioning, honed by vigorous exercise, smooth, and so tight in the cheeks and firmly fleshed it looks as if it would resonate like a tuning-fork if you struck it.
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This raises the question of how one might assess and categorise bottoms.
Excursus a posteriori: I think we may agree that, a priori, bottoms exist. But my question is: What, a posteriori, makes a bottom beautiful?
Scientists have studied the matter, and as someone who has passed examinations in physics, chemistry and biology, and who has done extensive hands-on research herself, I'll venture some answers.
An empirical study, based on a survey of posteriors agreed by a sample of judges, to be the most attractive, concluded that the desirable ratio of waist:bum measurements is 0.70. Apparently women who are especially admired as arsetractive approximate this number. For instance, the BeyoncΓ© waist to bot ratio (26/40) is 0.65. In my case, with a waist at 28 inches and a bottom at 42 inches the ratio is 0.67. Which, for an elderly lady like me, is impressive, don't you think? I should add that below the actual waist there is something of a bow window nowadays, which a kind transwoman described as a handy cushion to lie on.
Then there is the optimum angle of the cheeks outcurving from the base of the spine. This is, apparently, 45 degrees. Quite difficult to measure on yourself, but I stood in profile before a mirror and traced the outline with lipstick on the glass. The result was 42 degrees. So, mine juts out a bit more abruptly than the ideal.
The research does not seem to take into account the buttock-depth. What do the cheeks do when the curve turns downwards? Do they continue to bulge outwards, and if so, by how much? Mine go quite a way east as they also proceed southwards. They also expand in the other dimension.
There is, apparently, a formula for arsessment: (S+C) X (B+F) / (T-V), where:
S=Shape; C=Circularity; B=Bounciness; F=Firmness; T=Texture; V=Waist:Hip Ratio. The obvious problem with these variables is that they need defining and ranges of value. For example, 'bounciness' is not a good quality, we are told, so, on a scale of 1-10 would an especially bouncy bum be graded 1? And how does this differ from 'firmness'? Can you have a firm, un-bouncy bottom, or a flabby, bouncy one? 'Texture' presumably means skin surface. Who judges 'shape,' 'circularity' and 'texture'?
Well, after consultation with some persons acquainted with my sit-upon, and assuming a scale of 1-10, in which 10 is excellent, and 'un-bounciness' gets a good score, here is the formula applied in my case:
(7+7) X (7+6) / (6-0.67) = 14 X 13 / 5.33 = 34.15
Whether that is a 'good' score or not may become apparent using the figures for Alex:
(9+9) X (9+9) / (9-0.60) = 18 X 18/ 8.40 = 38.57
Let us now derive the total for the ideal derriere, accepting that 0.7 waist:bot figure:
(10+10) X (10+10) / 10-0.7 = 20 X 20 / 9.3 = 43.01
I must say I am rather pleased with my result. I invite other ladies to apply the formula and let me know their figure, in all senses.
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Meanwhile, back to my correspondent's proposal. I thought it would be only fair to email her a couple of shots of the Norma dorsal and ventral surfaces, so had to get myself photographed in the altogether. This was accomplished with an attempt to reciprocate the art history, so I posed as Aphrodite Kallipygos, looking over my shoulder to admire my pratt. I have to admit it is a little larger in proportion to the rest of me than hers, but the shape itself is not too dissimilar. As for the front view, well, none of the Classical statues have big enough breasts, and I'm really quite proud of mine and wanted to represent myself adequately.
Since my impending companion was landing nearby I drove to pick her up. It was agreed she would stay with me for her first night here. And my Aphroditarse hadn't put her off, it seemed.
Of course, it was not difficult to identify her, even dressed, because that fiery mane alone would have done the trick. But she turned out to be six or seven inches taller than me. The long flight had not wearied her at all, either, for she strode straight at me, dropped her duffle-bag, effortlessly lifted me off the concrete and fetched me a long, lip-squelching kiss. Then she put me down and said, 'Norma, you're a sight for sore thighs, after that plane seat. Thank you for taking me in. Well, some of me, anyway.' Her accent wasn't antipodean at all, to my surprise, and she explained at once, 'I've come from down-under, but I'm actually a flying Dutchwoman.'